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United States Patent | 5,267,881 |
Matuzaki | December 7, 1993 |
An electrical connector consists of a female connector and a male connector. The female connector includes a dielectric housing (1) having a plurality of contact element receiving slots (5) and a receptacle cavity (6) which communicates with the contact element receiving slots; and a plurality of female contact elements (2) mounted in the contact element receiving slots and having a U-shaped contact recess (11). The male connector includes a dielectric support (20) having a base section (21) and a plate member (22) extending forwardly from the base section so as to fit into the receptacle cavity and having a plurality of contact element receiving channels (22A); a plurality of male contact elements (24) supported by the dielectric support and having a contact portion (24A) fitted in the contact element receiving channel such that at least one surface thereof is exposed from the contact element receiving channel so that each male contact element is brought into contact with a corresponding female contact element when the plate member is inserted in the receptacle cavity.
Inventors: | Matuzaki; Shuichi (Tokyo, JP) |
Assignee: | Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 950129 |
Filed: | September 24, 1992 |
Current U.S. Class: | 439/660; 439/744 |
Intern'l Class: | H01R 011/22 |
Field of Search: | 439/76,660,682,733,744,745,746,868,871,873,883 |
4610497 | Sep., 1986 | Tsuchida et al. | 439/660. |
5085601 | Feb., 1992 | Buchter et al. | 439/660. |